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Marco Rubio: “One of the things that allowed me as a young person to…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Marco Rubio's Reflections on Political Mentorship and Leadership at National Archives Event

Published | Video Starts at 18:06

And I also want you to understand this about it because I think this is very powerful and true. One of the things that allowed me as a young person to believe that it was possible for me to have these aspirations was because there were people sort of, kind of came from the same background I did who were already in those positions. because that was, you know, 20 years before that, 15 years before that wasn't the case. (18:06–18:20)

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Asserts that seeing people from similar backgrounds in positions of power inspired his aspirations.

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